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Originally posted by Peaches
At least in GA, throwing money at the problem doesn't help. The city of Atlanta spends more per student than any other school system, yet they are among the lowest performing districts.
Parents are the key to a good education.
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how much of that money goes to administrators though?
Does anyone keep track of what the money is spent on
Do parents get involved in the schools?
JUST throwing money at it isn't the total solution, but not giving the schools any money isn't doing anyone any good either.
An example: my son has selective mutism and he has a really great resource teacher that has had several breakthrough moments and that teacher is leaving because she simply can't live on what she's making. As much as she enjoys teaching, it's unfair of her to have to make a vow of poverty to stick with it.
He had another teacher last year who did the same thing.
The school he is in is actually a great school, but it's frustrating seeing good teachers leave just because they can make more money sweeping floors at one of the major casinos .than teaching our kids.
The "no child left behind" act is a joke. It zaps creativity for a set rigid requirements. Why do we even have teachers anyways? May as well have robots teaching our kids.
I still send my kids to public school because
1. I can't afford private school for all of them yet ;-)
2. I like the interaction they get with other kids they wouldn't get from homeschooling
It's frustrating and just sickens me. It's not just a California problem either, it's a nationwide problem, but GW and the boys feel better killing Iraqi children than teaching our own.